Dinosaur TV Week

["Larry Dunn" <larrydunn@hotmail.com>]

Mirrored as of late Sunday night at 
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Here are some highlights of U.S. national television programming 
concerning dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, all times Eastern:


Monday, April 27

Discovery Channel, 1:00am (some regard this as very late Sunday)
Prehistoric Predators
Theropods finally get some recognition.

Discovery Channel, 2:00am
Dinosaurs: Inside and Out
A series.  This episode: "Land of the Giants"
The lush world of dinosaurs; using technology to discover dinosaur 
lives.

History Channel, Noon and 5:00pm
The Real West
"Dinosaur Hunters of the Old West"
Cope, Marsh, fossils, rivalry.  Not exactly a new story, but a fun one.

Discovery Channel, 10:00pm
Dinosaurs: Inside and Out
A series.  This episode: "The Killer Elite"
Theropods. My TV database informs me that "Carnivorous dinosaurs 
included species of 40 tons or more."  Packs of vicious, sickle-toed  
brachiosaurs -- yeah, that's right, PACKS!  We have the footprints to 
prove it - ganging up on that poor theropod!

Tuesday, April 28

Discovery Channel, 2:00am
Dinosaurs: Inside and Out
A series.  This episode: "The Killer Elite"

A&E, 7:00am
Science and Exploration
"Dinosaurs, Fossils and Origins of Man"
Horner and Gould discuss extinction, dinosaurs and human evolution.

Discovery Channel, 10:00pm
Dinosaurs: Inside and Out
A series.  This episode: "And Then There Were None"
160 million years of dinosaurs, then they did their famous disappearing 
act.  Whither yon dino?

Wednesday, April 29

Discovery Channel, 2:00am
Dinosaurs: Inside and Out
A series.  This episode: "And Then There Were None"

Discovery Channel, 10:00pm
Dinosaurs: Inside and Out
A series.  This episode: "Renaissance of Dinosaurs"
DaVincisaurus?  Actually, a review of the development of dinosaur 
science over the past century.

Thursday, April 30

Discovery Channel, 2:00am
Dinosaurs: Inside and Out
A series.  This episode: "Renaissance of Dinosaurs"

Sunday, May 3

Discovery Channel, 9:30am
Bonehead Detectives of the Paleoworld
Children's program about paleontology.  This episode: "The Dino Clones" 
-- presumably a review of Michaelcreightonstevenspielbergology.

Discovery Channel, 4:00pm
Dinosaurs: Inside and Out
A series.  This episode: "The Killer Elite"

Discovery Channel, 5:00pm
Dinosaurs: Inside and Out
A series.  This episode: "And Then There Were None"

Discovery Channel, 6:00pm
Dinosaurs: Inside and Out
A series.  This episode: "Renaissance of Dinosaurs"

Discovery Channel, 7:00pm 
Prehistoric Predators

There. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.  (The TRAVEL Channel is 
apparently giving the "Texas Dude Ranch" tape a rest -- it must be 
white-hot by now.)

Larry: mammal bigot, pack hunter, American 

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